[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by panthercules

OK - anybody got a solution for this little problem? I've got my boat hidden on the nav map, and I'm trying to set my course and figure out where I'll probably be at dawn when I have to submerge. However, I'm still charging batteries, so when I use my engine telegraphs to set my speed, I'm of course going a few knots slower than usual at any given speed setting, and will be for a while till my batteries charge, then my speed will increase. This is going to complicate my navigational computations, as compared to being able to travel the entire time at a constant speed.

Therefore, I thought I would be able to get around this little problem by setting my speed to a specific number of knots on the alternate speed indicator. However, even when I try to order (say) 10 knots on that alternate indicator, I still only get about 8 knots while I'm charging batteries. You would think that when I order a specific speed, my engine room would give it to me whether I was charging batteries or not (assuming I wasn't trying to set it faster than my boat could go while charging batteries, which I wasn't), and would know to keep it at that speed once the batteries are full.

Is there any way to make the game give you a constant speed when you order it regardless of battery status?

[edit] Not a huge problem, I guess - my estimated position was only about 12.5 km off from my actual position after 8 hours' cruising. This is going to be very interesting

Well if you know your going to get 8 kts when you order 10kts when charging you can work out your course using 8kts as speed
Recompute when charging over